Pies & Tarts
Thin Crust Pizza
Spouse and I have been going over the Sopranos DVDs again…for about the 5th time if I’m not mistaken. When this happens, my craving for Italian food is stronger and it reflects on our meals and now in this blog. You could probably call me an ideal subject for hypnosis. I’ve tried several pizza crust recipes and [...]
Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
I felt like celebrating tonight and decided to make us an Old-Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie that didn’t include skimmed milk or skinless, boneless chicken breasts. No siree.. this recipe called for cream…and lotsa butter and I did use butter with a clear conscience. I got a call from my doctor and al my blood work [...]
Deep Dish Apple Pie
There’s nothing I will cook that can bring as big a smile to Spouse’s and Stepson’s faces more than Deep Dish Apple Pie. It’s actually funny how I’m the one with memories of mother and homemade apple pie. Anyone would guess I’d have memories of my mother and rice cakes, me being the Asian in [...]
Apple Dumplings
For a change, I decided to stray from the usual Apple Pie and made some Apple Dumpings using Rome apples a few weeks ago. This was my first time to cook with Rome apples and I was pretty impressed with how the apples held up in the baking process. I love the [...]
Mixed Fruit Cobbler
I was going to try this recipe for a Peach Cobbler and bought some nice-looking peaches at the supermarket. For some reason, there were a couple of peaches missing from my fruit basket when I was about to start on the cobbler the following day. I did the next best thing and dug into my freezer to see if I had [...]
A More Rustic Apple Pie
I made this pie for Spouse’s birthday last week. I intended for it to be more rustic than my usual apple pie. Then I went just a little overboard and put in a secret ingredient.
Pumpkin Pie Experiment
I like pumkin pie. I know several Filipinos who don’t since we consider pumpkin or squash to be a vegetable and not at all something you would serve for dessert. But I like it.
Peek Into A Rhubarb Pie…
The pie vents on the top crust were a little lopsided so I decided to use a close shot of this Rhubarb and Strawberry Pie I made for July 4th. Take a peek into the pie, please… I was reading about this vegetable in our local paper, The Gazette , and remembered a story [...]
Tarte Tatin
Dare I publish a photo of my first Tarte Tatin? Oh heck…why not? When I started this blog, I did say I was going to be honest. So here it is….my first Tarte Tatin…
Steak & Guinness Pie
An Irish stew flavored with the essential Guinness Stout underneath a flaky, scrumptious pie crust…it was rich and substantial and not so hard to prepare. Thank goodness our Colorado weather cooperated and gave us another cool day so I could try this pie. Some weeks back, I read about it in another Filipino food blog, [...]
Blueberry Pie
I’m experimenting on a new pie crust recipe…just because. Do you think it looks good? It was really good… This one has unsalted butter and a little Crisco. This is not my usual, plain Crisco pie crust which is a no-fail recipe I remember my mother making with a recipe from her old American Cook [...]